SGU Episode 276
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| SGU Episode 276 |
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| October 27th 2010 |
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| Skeptical Rogues |
| S: Steven Novella |
B: Bob Novella |
R: Rebecca Watson |
J: Jay Novella |
E: Evan Bernstein |
| Quote of the Week |
'All scientific work is incomplete - whether it be observational or experimental. All scientific work is liable to be upset or modified by advancing knowledge. That does not confer upon us a freedom to ignore the knowledge we already have, or to postpone the action that is appears to demand at a given time. 'Who knows, asked Robert Browning, but the world may end tonight? True, but on available evidence most of us make ready to commute on the 8:30 the next day.' |
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Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
News Items ()
Ghosts Calling Cell Phones ()
Hawking Radiation ()
More on Radioactive Decay Rates ()
The Science of Medicine ()
Enter very brief news headline ()
- - NECSS 2011 - save the date: April 9th and 10th - Physics.org Podcast Nomination: http://www.physics.org/toplistdetail.asp?id=15
Who's That Noisy ()
- Answer to last week - the US Space Shuttle launching
Questions and E-mails ()
Question #1 - Time Traveling Cell Phone User ()
Cell phone in Charlie Chaplin Flick? Just saw this in my feed reader....any ideas? Love the show! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6a4T2tJaSU Todd Barnard Denver CO
Interview with SGU Forums Moderators ()
- SGUForums.com Moderators Doug, Karen, Amanda, and Steven join us for a chat about the SGU Forums
Science or Fiction ()
Item #1: The world record for the heaviest pumpkin is 1810.5 pounds Item #2: According to Celtic superstition, if you look into a mirror at midnight on Halloween you will see your own death. Item #3: Americans consume about 25 pounds of candy per capita per year. Item #4: In a process called saponification, some corpses spontaneously turn partially into soap rather than decompose.
Quote of the Week ()
'All scientific work is incomplete - whether it be observational or experimental. All scientific work is liable to be upset or modified by advancing knowledge. That does not confer upon us a freedom to ignore the knowledge we already have, or to postpone the action that is appears to demand at a given time. 'Who knows, asked Robert Browning, but the world may end tonight? True, but on available evidence most of us make ready to commute on the 8:30 the next day.' - Sir Austin Bradford Hill, “The Environment and Disease: Association or Causation?,” Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 58 (1965), 295-300. Sir Austin Bradford Hill
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